A 62-year-old woman has been killed after being crushed by a cow while helping deliver a calf on Shetland.
Patricia Wishart is believed to have been helping the animal give birth when she was fatally injured on a farm at Tumblin, near Bixter.
Local councillor and family friend Theo Smith said he was shocked by the death.
He said Mrs Wishart, who is survived by her husband Robbie, had worked with animals all of her life.
Cllr Smith said: "They're a pair of very fine folk, and that's just a real tragedy.
"You really can't think what the rest of the family must be going through, and my sympathies are with them.
"It just shows you how dangerous working with animals can be sometimes.
"You just take it for granted that nothing will happen and I just hope that some kind of lesson can be learned for people that do work with animals, but it's just a tragedy and I really, really feel for the family."
Police Scotland said that they received a report of the incident on Friday afternoon involving a woman who had been handling livestock.
A joint investigation with Police Scotland and the Health and Safety Executive has been carried out. Police said the incident is not suspicious.
Meanwhile, tributes have been paid to the president of one of Scotland's biggest farming shows after he died following an industrial accident.
Turriff Show president Bruce Ferguson was found dead at Ardmiddle Mains Farm, near Turriff, on Saturday afternoon.
His son, Andrew, was believed to have discovered his body in a grain storage tank when he went to look for him.
Mr Ferguson died a few months after meeting the Queen, who arrived at the agricultural show for its 150th anniversary in August.
He drove the monarch around the show ground in a car and gave her a guided tour, introducing her to show organisers who have turned the two-day event into such a success over the years.
The Queen exhibited some of the cattle from her renowned Balmoral herd and over 28,000 people attended the show last year.
The father-of-two and his wife Kate, who live on Ardmiddle Farm, had been looking forward to going to their 30-year-old son Andrew's wedding to his fiancee Amy in June.
Turriff Show secretary Helen Paterson paid tribute to the hard-working and "dedicated" event organiser, who had been involved in the show for most of his life.
She said: "While he was still at school he worked in the secretary's office helping the then secretary Jimmy Clark and his wife Margaret and then he continued to work at the show as a student.
"Then Bruce's father Ian was president of the show in 1969 and he helped alongside him in the show field. Bruce was 16 at that time.
"He worked for the show for many years, working for the committee later on and then taking over as show treasurer."
Ms Paterson said the keen curler was voted in as president for the 150th anniversary because of his dedication and hard work and organised the Royal visit himself.
She said: "He had approached the Lord Lieutenant of Aberdeenshire a few years ago in connection with having a Royal visit at the show for the 150th anniversary, not thinking that it would be the Queen who would come along.
"He went for the top and he got the top. His hard work was honoured by the Queen coming along.
"He was always ready to help and he was a truly dedicated, well-respected member of the association as well as the community for all the many things that he did. He was a really nice person and a real gentleman. Everyone is so shocked and upset. It will be a great loss to all who knew him."
The Turriff Show is organised by the Turriff District Agricultural Association and is the largest two-day show in Scotland. It was set up to help promote the agricultural and food industries in the north-east of Scotland.
Last year the Queen presented the top accolade of Champion of Champions. The monarch's own five-year-old bull - Ruaridh 1st of Ubhaidh - was crowned Highland breed champion at the Royal Highland Show in Edinburgh in June.
Mr Ferguson was also a member of Turriff Rotary Club and was secretary of the local curling
club.
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